MINDFUL MOMENT

Let’s begin by taking a Mindful Moment together, shall we? Let your attention drop from the swirl of energy in your head down into your body, into your heart, perhaps anchoring it there with the warmth of your hand. Notice where you’re feeling the breath in this moment.

Now, you might notice what you’re telling yourself, either about this image, the invitation to take a Mindful Moment together (What?! How?!) or the person or situation in front of you right now, and just be curious! What else might it mean? What else might be possible?

HEALING AND COMPASSION PRACTICE

We’d love to have you join us for Maitri Bhavana Healing and Compassion Practice this Saturday, October 30, 2021 from 9:00-9:30 am Eastern.  The schedule for our weekly Saturday morning Healing and Compassion Practice sessions is as follows and all practices are open to the public. Email Janet for the link if you’d like to join us! Alternatively, if you would like to add the name of someone to the list of those for whom we will practice on Saturday, you are also welcome to email Janet!

1st Saturday of the month: Maitri and Compassion Practice
2nd Saturday of the month: Just Like Me Practice
3rd Saturday of the month: Self Compassion Practice
4th/5th Saturday of the month: Tonglen/Maitri Bhavana*

*Maitri Bhavana will always be the last Saturday of the month unless there is a special request for it at another time. If there are five Saturdays, we’ll do a different compassion/healing practice on the fourth Saturday.

FOR ONLINE SANGHA MEMBERS

Coming up this week on the Members’ Calendar:

• Morning Sitting 7:30 am Eastern Monday-Friday.
• Weekly Social Meditation Gathering, Wednesday October 27, 7:30-9:00 pm Eastern. (Open to all! Email Janet for the link!)
• Maitri Bhavana Healing and Compassion Practice, Saturday, October 30, 2021, 9:00-9:30 am Eastern. Open to all! Email Janet for the link!
• Sunday Morning Curriculum Study Group, Sunday, October 31, 2021, 10-11 am Eastern. We’ll continue  exploring the 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva with Verse 11 which will be available on the blog later this week!
• Please visit our Online Sangha Members’ Area here (sign in required) to see the calendar with links for the Weekly Online Social Meditation Gatherings, Sunday Morning Curriculum Study Circle, Daily Sangha Sitting Schedule, and upcoming Sadhana of Mahamudra practices, as well as the Videoblog Archive and Weekly Practices and Contemplations from our Sunday Morning Curriculum Study Circle.

NOT A MEMBER YET?

We’d love for you to join us! Monthly online sangha membership is such a beautiful way to support your own and others’ practice, with lots of opportunities to sit together, learn together, and laugh together. Learn more in this video.

Here are some of the benefits of being a member of our Online Sangha :

• Monthly Gathering with Nick
• Customized Curriculum
• Weekly Video Teaching
• Weekly Curriculum Study Group
• Weekly Online Social Meditation
• Weekly Compassion and Healing Practices
• Daily Sangha Sitting Space Practice Sessions
• Members Area on website with :
  • Access to Video Blog Archive
  • Access to Monthly Group Gathering Archive
  • Weekly Practices and Contemplations
  • Discount on Nick’s Online Courses

Would you benefit from starting your day with some meditation practice, or from sitting with others? Or just being in community with others who are working with their hearts and minds and asking the big questions about the nature of reality?  Join us!

MEDITATION AND WELLNESS COACHING

Hereis a video with more information about meditation coaching and how it can help you learn which mindfulness and awareness techniques can best help you navigate your life, unlock obstacles, and grow in your potential in all areas of your life! How might this optimize your wellbeing?!

I’d love to explore your meditation practice with you and support you in your growth! Book a session here.

REFLECTION

From our online sangha’s exploration on Sunday, October 24, 2021 of The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva Verse 10 Developing Bodhicitta

MINDFUL MOMENT

Let’s close with another Mindful Moment

Notice how it feels to read those words. Are you able to let them in, to really feel the truth of them, perhaps placing a gentle hand over your own heart? They are true! They just are!